#1147509 gnome-tweaks: CVE-2026-74859

Package:
src:gnome-tweaks
Source:
src:gnome-tweaks
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-09-12 15:03:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1147509#5
Date:
2026-09-12 15:01:20 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for gnome-tweaks.

Mainly filling for tracking to the upstream project issue.

CVE-2026-74859[0]:
| The shell theme installer in gnome-tweaks extracts user-supplied ZIP
| archives without validating archive member paths. As a result, a
| crafted theme archive can write files outside ~/.themes by using ../
| path traversal, absolute paths, or symlink entries.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-74859
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74859
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tweaks/-/issues/542

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore